This bachelor’s thesis aims to explain why the love triangle that appears in the dystopian Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins has a function within the work and so does not take away any of the feminist power that the protagonist of the book, Katniss Everdeen, possesses. The love triangle works to explore the themes of adolescent love, games and is a metaphor for the various societies in the book. In the theme of adolescent love, the internal motivators and the external motivators as to whom Katniss should pick differ. Sexuality is also explored through these characters. The theme of games is looked at though the male leads competing for the love of the protagonist, as well as the governments exploitation of the protagonist’s emotions to play to their advantage. Lastly, the male leads become representations of both the rebellion and the Capitol as well as representations of different types of members of the rebellion.